Vessel for holding liquids



(No Model.)

B. H. BELDEN.

VESSEL FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS. No. 604,514. Patented May 24,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE HENRY BELDEN, OF HORTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF" TOIVILLIAM F. COW'IIAM, OF JACKSON CITY, MICHIGAN.

VESSEL FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatentNo. 604,514, dated May 24, 1898. Application filed May 12, 1897.Serial No. 636,134. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE HENRY BEL- DEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Horton, in the county of J aekson andState of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inVessels for Holding Liquids, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings hereto attached and making a part thereof.

My invention is designed to obviate the inconveniences resulting fromthe accumulation of foam upon the top of liquids such, for example, asbeer, sarsaparilla, and other effe rvesoing liquids-When such liquid ispoured into a goblet, tumbler, or drinking-glass of the kind now in use.The liquid when poured into'such glass, even with care, is apt toeffervesce and overflow, and even when it does not the foam on top is ina layer of considerable depth. This ocours even when the glass in whichthe liquid is poured is of tapering shape, wider at the top than at the,bottom. To obviate this diffioulty,l construct the glass or tumbler withan annular bowl-shaped enlargement at the top of considerably greaterdiameter than the body of the glass, forming abroad shallow receptacle,in which the foam can rise and spread out into a thin layer which willnot interfere'with the convenient drinking of the liquid contents of theglass.

Figure 1 is a perspective View, and Fig. 2 a vertical central section,of my invention.

In the drawings, which represent a tumbler constructed in accordancewith my invention, A indicates an ordinary tumbler made, preferably, ofglass, provided at the top with the annular bowl-shaped enlargement B ofcon siderably greater diameter than the body of the tumbler, the body ofthe tumbler and the bowl-shaped enlargement being formed in one piece.This enlarged part B forms a broad shallow receptacle surmounting thebrim of the tumbler proper, in which the foam gathers and is permittedto spread out in a thin layer. All Waste, all overflow, anduncleanliness which attaches to the use of the ordinary tumbler in suchcases and all difficulties and inconveniences in cleansing and keepingclean a vessel so employed are obviated by the use of a drinking-glassor tumbler constructed as above set forth. The liquid proper is retainedand held by itself in the glass proper, While the foam and efiervescentparticles are held and secured at the top within and by the broadbowl-shaped enlargement. The size, diameter, and area of this part 13make the vessel convenient to drink from. I claim as my invention I Adrinking-glass or tumbler, provided at 'the top with a broad swellingenlargement forming a comparatively shallow bowl-shaped receptaclesurmounting the brim of thetumbler proper for the purposes hereindescribed and set forth.

' EUGENE HENRY BELDEN.

I Witnesses:

Josmn B. Fnosr, C. E. HARKNESS.

